Century Ride

Micah pledged to do a century ride when we moved out here, and when Stanford's annual Canary Century bike ride came along, he knew this was what he wanted to do. Not only would he finally get to do his century, but it was for an amazing cause. The Canary Century benefits the Stanford Cancer Center. Since Micah's dad was diagnosed with MDS, he knew this was what he wanted to ride for. Micah has been raising money and training for weeks, and the big day finally arrived. He started riding around 7:20 and the boys and I left a few hours later to meet him at the first rest stop.

We had a little cheer for Daddy ready to go. The kids have been watching Chicken Little lately, so that's why Devin says "Go Acorns!" at the end ;)


Here comes Micah coming into the first rest stop.

Devin stretched with him at every stop.

Saying goodbye and good luck. The boys always have a hard time right after he leaves. They always say "I really miss my daddy...snif snif"

Micah rode with a picture of our family on his back to show who he was riding for, especially his father.

After Micah left the rest stop the boys and I headed down the highway a bit to where there was a lighthouse. We spent a few minutes admiring the views and taking pictures before heading off to the next stop.

I don't know if you can see the sea lions on the rocks in the middle of the picture, just past the bricks in the darker shaded cliff.

They're pretty dang cute when they want to be!

This is a picture of Micah with a few of his colleagues.
We left the lighthouse to meet up at the second stop, and actually ended up pulling into it following Micah on the bike the last few hundred feet. I didn't snap any pictures there, but it was about 65 miles into the ride with the largest climb yet to come for the next 15 miles. There was another rest stop at the top of the climb that we didn't meet him at, and instead let the boys run off some more steam at a beach.

Here is a picture Micah took with his phone of one of the hills he went up. I drove some of what they rode and in my opinion, all those riders are just insane-some of those hills are crazy!

That water was COLD!

Yeah, they got pretty wet and sandy, especially after falling into the sand a few times. Lucky I was prepared with another set of clothes in the van.

Waiting at the finish line for Micah to arrive!


The Big Finish!!

Yay Micah! You did it!!
Final time was 6 hours and 49 minutes with about an hour and a half of high grade climbing. Again, I think he's insane. But I'm insanely proud of you! :)

In all actuality the course was laid out to be only 97.9 miles...and I had already given him a hard time when he said he did 84 miles last week but his gps only showed 83.9. So after he crossed the finish line he went back out to do a few more miles to show he did a true century ride. Job Well Done!

Congratulations to all who participated in today's ride and all the money that was raised for Cancer research. Hopefully many lives will be changed because of the awareness and funds that were produced because of your efforts.